| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Ralph Abercromby |
Military |
7-Oct-1734 |
28-Mar-1801 |
British general |
| Diane Ackerman |
Author |
7-Oct-1948 |
|
A Natural History of the Senses |
| Sherman Alexie |
Novelist |
7-Oct-1966 |
|
The Business of Fancydancing |
| June Allyson |
Actor |
7-Oct-1917 |
8-Jul-2006 |
Two Girls and a Sailor |
| Aaron Ashmore |
Actor |
7-Oct-1979 |
|
Jimmy Olsen on Smallville |
| Shawn Ashmore |
Actor |
7-Oct-1979 |
|
Iceman in X-Men and X2 |
| Mary Badham |
Actor |
7-Oct-1952 |
|
To Kill a Mockingbird |
| Dylan Baker |
Actor |
7-Oct-1959 |
|
Murder One |
| Amiri Baraka |
Author |
7-Oct-1934 |
|
Hates Whitey |
| Joy Behar |
TV Personality |
7-Oct-1943 |
|
Co-Host of The View |
| Niels Bohr |
Physicist |
7-Oct-1885 |
18-Nov-1962 |
Father of Quantum Theory |
| Toni Braxton |
Singer |
7-Oct-1966 |
|
Un-Break My Heart |
| Bobbie Brown |
Model |
7-Oct-1969 |
|
Cherry Pie |
| Canaletto |
Painter |
7-Oct-1697 |
19-Apr-1768 |
Venetian painter of views |
| Edison Chen |
Actor |
7-Oct-1980 |
|
Infernal Affairs II |
| Erastus Corning II |
Politician |
7-Oct-1909 |
28-May-1983 |
Mayor of Albany, New York, 1942-83 |
| Simon Cowell |
TV Personality |
7-Oct-1959 |
|
Pop Idol, American Idol judge |
| Helmut Dantine |
Actor |
7-Oct-1917 |
2-May-1982 |
Edge of Darkness |
| Andy Devine |
Actor |
7-Oct-1905 |
18-Feb-1977 |
Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok |
| Alesha Dixon |
Singer |
7-Oct-1978 |
|
R&B singer, formerly in Mis-Teeq |
| Alfred Drake |
Actor |
7-Oct-1914 |
25-Jul-1992 |
Broadway actor, Kismet |
| Gary Evans |
Criminal |
7-Oct-1954 |
14-Aug-1998 |
New York state burglar, serial killer |
| Cotton Fitzsimmons |
Basketball |
7-Oct-1931 |
24-Jul-2004 |
21 seasons as NBA head coach |
| Bill Foster |
Politician |
7-Oct-1955 |
|
Congressman from Illinois, 2008-11 |
| Mary Ann Glendon |
Diplomat |
7-Oct-1938 |
|
US Ambassador to the Vatican |
| Alex Groza |
Basketball |
7-Oct-1926 |
21-Jan-1995 |
Caught in point shaving scandal |
| Dr. Gunni |
Musician |
7-Oct-1965 |
|
Icelandic underground mainstay |
| Taylor Hicks |
Singer |
7-Oct-1976 |
|
American Idol in 2006 |
| Joe Hill |
Labor Leader |
7-Oct-1879 |
19-Nov-1915 |
Labor leader, convicted of murder |
| Heinrich Himmler |
Government |
7-Oct-1900 |
23-May-1945 |
Leader of the SS |
| Dick Jauron |
Football |
7-Oct-1950 |
|
Head Coach, Buffalo Bills |
| William Samuel Johnson |
Educator |
7-Oct-1727 |
14-Nov-1819 |
President of Columbia University, 1787-1800 |
| Herman Keiser |
Golf |
7-Oct-1914 |
24-Dec-2003 |
Winner, 1946 Masters Tournament |
| Thomas Keneally |
Author |
7-Oct-1935 |
|
Schindler's Ark |
| Lawrence A. Kimpton |
Educator |
7-Oct-1910 |
1-Nov-1977 |
Chancellor, University of Chicago, 1951-60 |
| Sir Harold Kroto |
Chemist |
7-Oct-1939 |
|
Co-Discovered fullerenes |
| Judy Landers |
Actor |
7-Oct-1958 |
|
Stewardess School |
| William Laud |
Religion |
7-Oct-1573 |
10-Jan-1645 |
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1633-45 |
| Robert Z. Leonard |
Film Director |
7-Oct-1889 |
27-Aug-1968 |
The Divorcee |
| Edward Ludwig |
Film Director |
7-Oct-1898 |
20-Aug-1982 |
The Fighting Seabees |
| Diana Lynn |
Actor |
7-Oct-1926 |
18-Dec-1971 |
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek |
| Yo-Yo Ma |
Cellist |
7-Oct-1955 |
|
Cellist, The Silk Road Ensemble |
| Catharine MacKinnon |
Activist |
7-Oct-1946 |
|
Anti-pornography activist |
| John Marston |
Playwright |
7-Oct-1576 |
25-Jun-1634 |
The Malcontent |
| George P. McLean |
Politician |
7-Oct-1857 |
6-Jun-1932 |
Governor and Senator from Connecticut |
| John Cougar Mellencamp |
Singer/Songwriter |
7-Oct-1951 |
|
Jack and Diane |
| Vaughn Monroe |
Singer |
7-Oct-1911 |
21-May-1973 |
Racing with the Moon |
| Elijah Muhammad |
Religion |
7-Oct-1897 |
25-Feb-1975 |
Nation of Islam |
| George Nethercutt |
Politician |
7-Oct-1944 |
|
Congressman from Washington, 1995-2005 |
| Oliver North |
Military |
7-Oct-1943 |
|
Perjuring Iran-Contra figure |
| Stanley O'Neal |
Business |
7-Oct-1951 |
|
CEO of Merrill Lynch, 2002-07 |
| Øystein Ore |
Mathematician |
7-Oct-1899 |
13-Aug-1968 |
Ring theorist |
| Nicole Ari Parker |
Actor |
7-Oct-1970 |
|
Soul Food |
| Vladimir Putin |
Head of State |
7-Oct-1952 |
|
President of Russia |
| Ralph Rainger |
Composer |
7-Oct-1901 |
23-Oct-1942 |
Thanks For The Memory |
| James Whitcomb Riley |
Poet |
7-Oct-1849 |
22-Jul-1916 |
The Hoosier Poet |
| Walt Rostow |
Government |
7-Oct-1916 |
13-Feb-2003 |
National Security Advisor, 1966-69 |
| Dan Savage |
Columnist |
7-Oct-1964 |
|
Weekly sex columnist |
| Bill Snyder |
Football |
7-Oct-1939 |
|
Head Coach, Kansas State Wildcats |
| Tony Sparano |
Football |
7-Oct-1961 |
|
Head Coach, Miami Dolphins, 2008-11 |
| Richard H. Stallings |
Politician |
7-Oct-1940 |
|
Congressman from Idaho, 1985-93 |
| Martha Stewart |
Actor |
7-Oct-1922 |
25-Feb-2012 |
In a Lonely Place |
| William Still |
Activist |
7-Oct-1819 |
14-Jul-1902 |
Father of the Underground Railroad |
| Desmond Tutu |
Religion |
7-Oct-1931 |
|
Archbishop of Cape Town |
| Katrina vanden Heuvel |
Editor |
7-Oct-1959 |
|
Editor of The Nation |
| Bruce Vento |
Politician |
7-Oct-1940 |
10-Oct-2000 |
Congressman from Minnesota, 1977-2000 |
| Henry A. Wallace |
Politician |
7-Oct-1888 |
18-Nov-1965 |
US Vice President, 1941-45 |
| Alfred Wallenstein |
Cellist |
7-Oct-1898 |
8-Feb-1983 |
Music Director, LA Philharmonic, 1943-56 |
| Alice Walton |
Relative |
7-Oct-1949 |
|
World's 13th richest person, 2005 |
| Paul Weyrich |
Columnist |
7-Oct-1942 |
18-Dec-2008 |
Conservative activist |
| Charles Woodson |
Football |
7-Oct-1976 |
|
Winner, 1997 Heisman Trophy |
| Thom Yorke |
Musician |
7-Oct-1968 |
|
Radiohead singer |
